Dean F. Peterson Engineering (1913-1989)
Dean F. Peterson, Jr. had an established, international reputation in engineering. He graduated from Utah State University in civil engineering and earned both a master’s and doctorate in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was a professor and research engineer at Utah State from 1946 until 1949. He left USU to become head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Colorado State University in 1949, a position he retained until 1957, when he was appointed dean of the College of Engineering at Utah State University. He served as dean until 1973 when he became vice president for research at Utah State. Peterson’s career is also marked by many honors, including his election to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, the first resident of Utah so honored and his honorary membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers. His service to the Federal Government included appointments as technical assistant for the U.S. Department of Water Resources; science advisor for U.S. Office of the President; director of Water for Peace — U.S. Department of State; and service as a consultant for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Richard and Moonyeen Anderson Wireless Research and Teaching Center
Room 101
Richard Anderson was born and raised in Brigham City, Utah, and Moonyeen Rigby grew up on a family ranch located at the base of the Teton Mountains in Wyoming. The two met and married while attending Utah State University.
Moonyeen graduated from USU in 1958 with a degree in social work. Richard graduated a year later with a degree in electrical engineering. He received a master’s in engineering from Stanford University in 1963 and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 1982. Richard began a long career at Hewlett-Packard in 1959 as an engineer. During his career at HP, he was promoted to engineering manager, division general manager of the microwave and communications group. Richard Anderson served the university and College of Engineering in several roles including trustee for the Utah State University Foundation, member of the College of Engineering Industry Advisory Board, and member of Utah’s Technology Initiative Advisory Board. He received an honorary doctorate in engineering from USU in 1999, and the couple received the USU Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
JUB Engineers Study Complex
Room 229
J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc. originated in Nampa, Idaho in 1954 when founders Sumner M. Johnson and Robert W. Underkofler formed a consulting engineering partnership. In 1962, William W. Briggs joined the team, and, in 1969, Johnson Underkofler & Briggs was formally incorporated as JUB ENGINEERS, Inc.
Since its inception, JUB has been one of the leading consulting engineering firms in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West, as transportation engineers, traffic engineers, airport engineers, water and wastewater engineers, land-development engineers, structural engineers, construction engineers, surveyors, planners, funding consultants, landscape architects and GIS and public involvement specialists.
Vance T. Christiansen Teaching Lab (1932-1997)
Room 235B
Vance Thorley Christiansen received both a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, and a doctorate from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He taught at Utah State University for 35 years in the College of Engineering, where he was admired by his fellow faculty members and students alike. He received many teaching awards, including USU’s College of Engineering Meritorious Service Award and several Teacher of the Year Awards.
Micron Digital Design Lab
Room 255
Micron began in 1978 as a four-person semiconductor design company in the basement of a Boise, Idaho, dental office. By 1980, the company had broken ground on its first fabrication plant, and then just a few years later introduced the world’s smallest 256K DRAM. In 1994, it earned a spot on the Fortune 500 and steadily grew into an industry leader through technology innovations, key partnerships and strategic acquisitions around the world.
In 2022, Micron has 17 worldwide locations, 13 manufacturing sites and 14 customer labs.
*Note: All bios are current and up-to-date as of Summer 2022.